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The Heartland POD – Mid Map Media LLC

American politics from a Heartland perspective. Focusing on facts and fundamental fairness, but not afraid to embrace the funny where it exists. Dedicated to the quiet heroes of America’s Heartland who are making a difference every day.
Monday: The Heartland POD with host Adam Sommer’s opening statement & Talkin’ Politics with co-hosts Rachel Parker & Sean Diller. Wednesday: a rotation of High Country, a report from the Mountain West with Sean Diller, and The Delta with science teacher Nicholas Linke and spouse Kristina Linke, an ASL interpreter and mother, bringing their experience and midwest family life to the issues of the day. Friday: The Flyover View for news & views from the Heartland with host, Kevin Smith.
On most Tuesdays and Thursdays catch an interview show called “Let’s Have A Chat” with politicians, authors, musicians, and folks across the country.
Hosts: Adam Sommer, Sean Diller, Rachel Parker, Nicholas Linke, & Kevin Smith (All opinions shared are those of the speaker, and are not necessarily the adopted organizational views of Mid Map Media, LLC.)

Copyright: © 2022

Latest Episodes:

The Flyover View - July 22, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views Jul 22, 2022

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

Oklahoma Politics chase away Business | MO Gov Mike Parson ignores his own expert | Layover with MO 3 Candidate Bethany Mann | GOP-aligned Dark Money groups attack Rep Cori Bush | Biden announces new actions on climate change | Republicans keep gerrymandered maps Arkansas and Nebraska refuse critical Federal Rental Assistance | U.S. death toll from drug overdoses is rising fast among Black and Indigenous people | Betsy DeVos says the Department of Education 'should not exist'

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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The Big Corporate Impact On Small Everyday Life: A Chat with Pat Garofalo of American Economic Liberties Project with Rachel Parker, host. Jul 21, 2022

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Host: Rachel Parker @RaichetP
Guest: Pat Garofalo @Pat_Garofalo

Pat Garofalo is the Director of State and Local Policy at the American Economic Liberties Project. Pat is the author of The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs. Prior to joining Economic Liberties, Pat served as managing editor for Talk Poverty at the Center for American Progress.

Previously, Pat was assistant managing editor for opinion at U.S. News & World Report and economic policy editor at ThinkProgress, and his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The Guardian, and The Week, among others.

You can reach Pat at pgarofalo@economicliberties.us.
Producer: Adam Sommer

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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High Country - July 20, 2022 - Politics and Government News from the American West Jul 20, 2022

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AZ GOP Governor primary a dead heat as early voting starts | Home care workers call for Bill of Rights at the Colorado State Capitol | Biden Administration advances plan for oil transport trains through Glenwood Canyon | Extreme gun rights group sues town of Superior over common sense reforms | Rents out of reach for huge numbers of working-class Nevada residents | US Sen Catherine Cortez Masto blasts GOP for criminalizing reproductive health care

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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High School Musi...er... Activist! - Arthi Kondapaneni, a high school student & community activist, has a chat with Kevin Smith Jul 19, 2022

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Host: Kevin Smith @KevinMidMO
Guest: Arthi Kondapaneni
@arthi.kay! (Instagram)

Arthi Kondapaneni will be a Senior in High School in Wentzville Missouri
With the help of some friends she started an activist club in her school
She has now led two Pro-Choice Rallies in O'Fallon and St. Charles, Mo
She has ties to the Spencer Toder Campaign for Senate.

Producer: Adam Sommer

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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Manchin kills Climate bill - Polling Shows Abortion Animating Issue - Tim Ryan (OH-D) courting the right? - Midterms 2022 Checkin, The House - BONUS too early 2024 talk Jul 18, 2022

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Heartland POD on Twitter - @TheHeartlandPOD

Co-Hosts
Adam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85

Rachel Parker @RaichetP

Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO

Adam's Open
True or False: The GOP has caught the Tiger by the tail and the Tiger is pissed

Abortion - Parson clip https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1547631874033401856?s=20&t=ZfzrmrQ1Lwo1WbJNZ39bvA
Sienna poll - abortion should be legal and SCOTUS is broken

https://scri.siena.edu/

Gerontocracy: Young voters are tired of Grandpa’s rules https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/politics/youth-voters-midterms-polling.html

Yeah…No… Tim Ryan is trying to beat JD Vance at being JD Vance?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/democrat-tim-ryan-chases-fox-news-viewers-ohio-senate-race-rcna37558
Have to appeal to wider audience to win, but what’s the cost?
538 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/ohio/

2022 Midterms Decision Desk Check In - HOUSE edition

https://twitter.com/polltrackerusa/status/1548022265203134465?s=21&t=vjeWVCgckKIfaNFg6cyVIg

Looks like generic ballot is close

Missouri - The 2nd is competitive - great folks running in the 6th, 7th, & 8th - 4th has been left on the vine this year
Trish’s farewell speech of the MO House Floor was genuinely touching. https://twitter.com/TrishForMO/status/1548017035623288840

The reason we have term limits is because dark money groups do not want women like her building political careers in Missouri (she’s not termed out, but…)

Toss up races via cook political

https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings?check_logged_in=1

538 House Forecast

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/?cid=rrpromo

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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The Flyover View - July 15, 2022 - Heartland Politics News and Views Jul 15, 2022

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Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

Biden gets Mexico to Pay for the Wall | Toder and Bucklin vs. Agape | Houston Houses Homeless | Jon Karlen for Congress in MO-3 | Gun rights group challenges local reforms | Criminalizing the vote | Schmitt fails again | MO Senate primary rundown | Anti-abortion group wants 10-year-old girl to try and deliver | Invasive worms | MAGA Crisis Actor

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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Ray Reed, GenZ Leader and Congressional Candidate Jul 14, 2022

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Host; Rachel Parker @RaichetP on Twitter
Guest: Ray Reed @RayReedMO on Twitter
Ray Reed is running for the Democratic nomination in the Missouri 2nd Congressional district. One of two Gen Z candidates in the USA, Ray has been turning heads and he's back on the POD for a third interview, right where it all started and recalls the best and worst day of his campaign, the Uvalde massacre.

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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The Delta, E29 - Why I Left Teaching Jul 13, 2022

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Nicholas (former science teacher) talks with Kristina (Educational ASL Interpreter) about the real reason he left the public education. The struggle with what school became, the strain on their family, & how we change the system to save the world.

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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Missouri Draws Attention - A Chat With Mica Soellner of The Washington Times Jul 12, 2022

Show notes

Host: Adam Sommer - @Adam_Sommer85
Guest: Mica Soellner - @MicaSoellner

Mica Soellner, journalist for The Washington Times, has been paying attention to Missouri. A Mizzou J-School Graduate, Mica's connections to the region and the current rise of progressive candidates have drawn more of her attention to the often overlooked State of "Ol' Missouri, Fair Missouri" - Mica's coverage of Josh Hawley (R - Senate) pulled Adam Sommer's attention and this episode is a chat stemming from that article, and talk about dynamics in modern Missouri politics with the rise of Gen Z progressives like Ray Reed, the "populist" appeal of Lucas Kunce, and all the way to Mica's preferred pizza in Columbia, MO.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/8/josh-hawleys-national-political-ambitions-irk-fell/

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2 YEAR POD ANNIVERSARY! Climate Change; Missouri Is b-a-n-a-n-a-s; 2022 Senate Races; Last Call preview Jul 11, 2022

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Hosts Adam Sommer, Rachel Parker, and Sean Diller bring their particular analysis and "middle out approach" to issues from and impacting the heartland of America and politics.
1. Adam's Open - "The Decent of Descent"
2. Climate Change Impacting Heartland Voters?
3. Missouri Senate Race, 2022 - Holy Shit, and Trump weighed in
4. 2022 Midterms - Senate update
5. Last Call Preview

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True or False: An very dry and hot June in the midwest helps move the needle for climate change with heartland voters?

People glued themselves to art in London

https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1544422582337912840?s=20&t=EkRBsMXkzwzjISbSyOOhRA
Lake Mead has become so dried up people are treasure hunting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/27/lake-mead-reservoir-drought/

The Midwest resettlement for climate refugees?

Yeah…No… The Missouri Senate Race - Real Clear Politics has moved this race to LEANS GOP

Ad spending is at $10 Million in the primary alone https://missouriindependent.com/2022/07/07/tv-ad-spending-approaches-10-million-in-missouri-u-s-senate-primary/

Eric Schmitt’s desperate flame thrower ad

https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1544331405013942276?s=20&t=qKzOZTBdwxwkB_a5jcx3WA

Friend calls on Greitens to drop out https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/old-friend-calls-on-greitens-to-drop-out-of-missouri-s-us-senate-race/article_ebf2bde7-1cbc-5af1-a743-6e8a8b83d061.html#tracking-source=home-top-story?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_stltoday
“Independent Candidate” John Wood, who supports Mitch McConnell https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-danforth-john-wood-missouri-senate-alternative-eric-greitens-2022-6

Debate for Dems was set up for only Kunce and TBV, excluding the rest of the entire field

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-trudy-busch-valentine-no-tv-debate/article_4e3a18ac-1634-5937-9786-7bdedecb1a0b.html
Screen shot of the “polling” used to determine viable candidates paired with having enough individual donors
Great example of the kind of behavior that burns trust in Media and discourages folks from running who aren’t already established with access or the money to buy that access
Our updated twitter polling

2022 Midterms Decision Desk Check In - Senate edition

Five thirty Eight forecast for reference:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/

Real Clear Politics Map for Senate

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/elections-map.html

Iowa - Grassley looks to have it in the bag
Indiana - Todd Young (R) over Thomas McDermott
Wisconsin - still a primary to finish but looks like Ron Johnson (Trump connected) v. Mandela Barnes (D)
Ohio - JD Vance currently favored over Tim Ryan in about ta 10 pt race but some polling shows different

https://twitter.com/politics_polls/status/1544814878237638657?s=21&t=Wd0W8oZMPnuohGJkzfm2dg

Nevada - Catherine Cortez Masto (D) narrow favorite over Adam Paul Laxat
Pennsylvania - Fetterman (D) v. Oz - toss up state

Oz misspelled his alleged home county
One poll in June from USA today showed Fetterman at +9

Arizona - Rated as a toss up - Mark Kelly, an astronaut, up for reelection after the special election in 2020 which he won, this time against Blake Masters most likely, their primary is in August

Nothing super recent but all prior polling showed Kelly as likely winner

Georgia - Herschel Walker (r) v. Raphael Warnock - somehow a tossup

Other states not mentioned: Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky all have races but would need some kind of massive shift to be in play at all
Reports of Walker lying to campaign staff about his undisclosed children
Recent polling shows from a tie to as much as +10 for Warnock

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Twitter: @TheHeartlandPOD

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